And another Happy Mother's Day...

I forgot how much I love coloring this rose. I've colored it several times in the last week or so.  I posted three similar cards the other day.  This one is a larger gate-fold card. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 closed and 8 1/2 x 11 open)  I think I'm going to color a few more yellow ones and then I'm done with this for the year. :) I spent the bulk of my day today coloring and I only got four of the colored. It's big and beautiful, and there is a familiarity to it. I first bought this stamp 9 or 10 years ago? --somewhere in that time frame.  It tends to be my go-to when I want to make a big statement.

To make this card, I used one of my scoring boards.  The jury is still out as to which one I prefer. I think they all have positives and negatives.  When I say they all, I mean Score It, Score Pal, and Martha Stewart's Score Board. Holly wrote a very thorough  review on her blog about Martha's Score Board, Today's Creations, so I won't repeat what she said.  If you haven't already and you are interested, go and read what she wrote.

I used Nestabilities to cut the circles.  The rose has a vellum overlay which is where I stamped the message.  I only put a tiny bit of glue in the two places the anchors would cover, but it's not going anywhere.

I usually leave the insides blank for personal notes and quotes.  A card this size is big enough for a group to sign. I get a lot of my quotes from Thinkexist.com.


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I'm going to a Copic certification class on Monday.  I can't imagine anything better than coloring all day long. I can't wait!